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छुटकी बिटिया अपनी माँ से करती कई सवाल
चूड़ी-कंगन नहीं हाथ में ना माथे पर बैना है मुख मटमैला-सा है तेरा बौराए-से नैना हैं
इन नैनो का नीर कहाँ- वो लम्बे-लम्बे बाल
देर-सबेर लौटती घर को जंगल-जंगल फिरती है लगती गुमसुम-गुमसुम-सी तू भीतर-भीतर तिरती है
डरी हुई हिरनी-सी है क्यों बदली-बदली चाल
नई व्यवस्था में क्या ऐ माँ भय ऐसा भी होता है छत-मुडेर पर उल्लू असगुन बैठा-बैठा बोता है
पार करेंगे कैसे सागर जर्जर-से हैं पाल
इति
The Poet
अवनीश सिंह चौहान
Avaneesh Singh Chauhan
1972 · 2010
Avaneesh Singh Chauhan represents a fresh and necessary voice in contemporary Hindi literature, particularly in his efforts to revitalize traditional lyrical forms for a modern audience. Born in 1979 in the Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh, he has dedicated his literary career to the Navgeet movement and the adaptation of Haiku into the Hindi language. He does not write from the isolation of an ivory tower. Instead, his poetry addresses the environmental decay, social fragmentation, and rural displacement that define twenty-first-century India. Chauhan serves as the executive editor of the literary journal Naye Purane, where he actively fosters dialogue between established literary figures and emerging writers. Through his poetry and critical essays, he proves that ancient poetic rhythms can perfectly articulate the anxieties of the modern world. He is a careful observer of everyday life, using short verse and melodic compositions to document the quiet realities that often escape mainstream attention.
Paired Painting
Gypsies
In Gypsies, painted in 1893, Raja Ravi Varma steps away from his celebrated mythological deities and royal portraits to capture the quiet dignity and poignant vulnerability of a nomadic family. The artist portrays a mother holding her infant while strumming a simple stringed instrument, accompanied by two other children sitting near humble belongings against a stone architectural backdrop. Through his masterful application of European academic realism combined with an unmistakable Indian soul, Varma elevates the ordinary struggles of itinerant life into a timeless human reflection on resilience, poverty, and grace.
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